Category : Black Local and National News

Last minute school enrollment

Enroll Indy, a service that helps families choose schools, can help students not yet enrolled for the fall 2019-20 school year find a school. Those interested should contact Enroll Indy at 317-426-3234 or info@enrollindy.org or visit enrollindy.org....

Waters to Facebook: Today’s Hearing is Only the First Step in Our Oversight and Legislative Process

Written by Congresswoman Maxine Waters WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, delivered the following opening statement at a full Committee hearing entitled, “Examining Fa...

Colorado Petroleum Council Focus on Enhancing Communities

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Four years ago, the American Petroleum Institute, the world’s largest energy industry trade association, opened a chapter in Colorado, owing to the growing opportunities from natura...

Soulman’s Bar-B-Que hosting a Backpack Drive at all 21 DFW locations

With the rise in North Texas school districts that have a high volume of students in need, Soulman’s Bar-B-Que is teaming up with local Dallas radio station, 94.9 KLTY, to coordinate donations of backpacks and school supplies at all of their 21 North...

First day for candidates to circulate nominating petitions

The first day for candidates to begin circulating nominating petitions for the 2020 General Primary Election is Tuesday, Sept. 3. Candidates who plan to run for countywide offices, for Will County Board, or for precinct committeemen in 2020 may pick...

Treasurer live unclaimed property auction at the Illinois State Fair

An 1854 Indian Princess three-dollar gold coin, a 1984 Chicago Cubs baseball signed by Ryne Sandberg, an 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Ticket, and rare coins and jewelry are among thousands of unclaimed property items worth over $150,000 to be au...

NEW YORK’S DIGITAL DIVIDE MAY HELP TRUMP UNDERCOUNT IN U.S. CENSUS

[New York City's Digital Divide] NYC Comptroller Stringer: "We can’t allow the digital divide to contribute to the President’s heinous efforts to undercount communities of color and compromise the Census.” Photo: Susan Watts, Comptroller’s office Tag...

Hijacked By Emotions At Work? Name, Tame, And Transform Them

The workplace can make people feel a full range of emotions — sometimes more intensely and frequently than one experiences at home. The difference is, people are often reluctant to show or acknowledge to themselves their full emotions while on the jo...

Gov. DeWine signs $69.8 billion state budget

After missing the June deadline and ongoing negotiations with state legislators, Republican Governor Mike DeWine has officially signed the massive $69.8 billion state budget.“I am proud that this budget will significantly impact the lives of Ohioans...

Romeoville enhances parks and open space

The Romeoville Village Board has approved a plan to purchase two parcels of land along Route 53 adjacent to Abbeywood Drive and Pine Trail Drive. The 3.8 acres currently contain a vacant home, which will be demolished within the next month. This land...

Roller coaster accident, high temps puts damper on Fest

From mourning the tragic death of one of their own to a roller coaster accident and the 100-degree temperatures, the weekend's Plainfield Fest was anything but an ordinary summer event. Around 6 p.m. July 18, a woman fell five to six feet from the I...

Fort Liquordale? City ranks among the booziest travel destinations in the world, according to social media

Instagram vacation posts monitored to find top 25locations associated with alcohol. Seven out of the 10 most boozy holiday destinations are in the USA. Infographic of the world’s booziest locations Taste Test: There’s no doubt that eating and d...

In Powerful Ceremony Evoking African Ancestors, Schenck Park is Renamed Sankofa Park African Burial Ground

Power to our African ancestors! Rev. Daughtry, Charles Barron and Inez Barron. Photo: Amadi Ajamu Tags:& Amadi AjamuSchenck ParkSankofa Park African Burial GroundAssemblyman Charles BarronInnez BarronChief Baba Neil ClarkeRev. Dr. Herbert DaughtryMin...

TRAILER: Harriet is a powerful story of freedom

By: Ruth Ferguson, NDG Editor “I’m gonna be free or die,” are the words Harriet Tubman defiantly declared to a slave hunter before she jumped off a bridge. This is one of the pivotal scenes spotlighted in the trailer for the film Ha...

New County Board member sworn in

thetimesweekly.com At the recent Will County Board Meeting, members approved the appointment of Margaret Tyson to the board's vacant position in District 3. The appointment comes after the previous representative of District 3, Don Moran of Romeovil...